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Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues E/2003/43 E/C.19/2003/22 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Report on the second session (12-23 May 2003) Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2003 Supplement No. 23 Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2003 Supplement No. 23 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Report on the second session (12-23 May 2003) United Nations • New York, 2003 E/2003/43 E/C.19/2003/22 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. ISSN 1728-0060 Contents Chapter Page I. Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention ... 1 A. Draft decisions recommended by the Forum for adoption by the Council ............ 1 I. Workshop on the collection of data concerning indigenous peoples ............. 1 II. High-level segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council ........................................................ 1 III. Participation of members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council ............. 1 IV. Bureau of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ........................ 2 V. Venue and dates for the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2 VI. Provisional agenda and documentation for the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues ............................................. 2 VII. Proposal for a second international decade of the world’s indigenous peoples .... 3 B. Matters brought to the attention of the Council .................................. 3 1. Indigenous children and youth ........................................... 3 2. Economic and social development ........................................ 6 3. Environment .......................................................... 10 4. Health ............................................................... 13 5. Human rights ......................................................... 16 6. Culture .............................................................. 17 7. Education ............................................................ 18 8. Methods of work of the Forum with the United Nations system ................ 20 9. Future of the work of the Forum ......................................... 21 II. Introduction .................................................................. 23 III. Theme of the session: “Indigenous children and youth” ............................... 24 IV. Methods of work of the Forum with the United Nations system ........................ 25 V. Mandated areas ................................................................ 26 VI. Future work of the Forum ....................................................... 33 VII. Provisional agenda for the third session of the Forum ................................ 34 VIII. Adoption of the report of the Forum on its second session ............................. 35 iii IX. Organization of the session ...................................................... 36 Annexes I. Attendance ................................................................... 38 II. Documentation ................................................................ 42 iv E/2003/43 E/C.19/2003/22 Chapter I Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention A. Draft decisions recommended by the Forum for adoption by the Council 1. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft decisions: Draft decision I Workshop on the collection of data concerning indigenous peoples The Economic and Social Council: (a) Authorizes the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat to convene, as an initial step, a three-day workshop on the collection of data concerning indigenous peoples, with the participation of three members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; experts from United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, including both statistics experts and focal points on indigenous issues; the secretariat of the Forum; experts from indigenous peoples organizations with expertise related to the collection of data concerning indigenous peoples; two academic experts in the field; and interested States; (b) Authorizes the provision of all necessary conference facilities for the workshop; (c) Decides that the workshop will produce a report containing recommendations for consideration by the Forum at its third session, in 2004. Draft decision II High-level segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council The Economic and Social Council, taking into account that in 2006 five years will have been completed since the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and given the increasing importance of indigenous issues at the international level, decides to devote the high-level segment of its substantive session of 2006 to indigenous issues and to invite the Chairperson of the Forum to participate. Draft decision III Participation of members of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council The Economic and Social Council, taking into account the importance for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to be represented, by its Chairperson or designated members, at various meetings of relevance to its mandate throughout the year, decides to confirm such representation as one of the methods of work of the Forum, and further requests that all subsidiary bodies of the Council welcome the Forum and its members by issuing open invitations to Forum members to attend all relevant meetings, conferences and seminars. 1 E/2003/43 E/C.19/2003/22 Draft decision IV Bureau of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council, having taken note that the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues considered it useful to designate six members for its Bureau at its first and second sessions, confirms that emerging practice as a method of work of the Forum. Draft decision V Venue and dates for the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council decides that the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 May 2004. Draft decision VI Provisional agenda and documentation for the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council approves the provisional agenda and documentation for the third session set out below. 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work. 3. Substantive theme: “Indigenous women”. Documentation Note by the Secretariat 4. Mandated areas: (a) Economic and social development; (b) Environment; (c) Health; (d) Human rights; (e) Culture; (f) Education. Documentation Note by the Secretariat 5. Future work of the Forum. 6. Draft agenda for the fourth session of the Forum. 7. Adoption of the report of the Forum on its third session. 2 E/2003/43 E/C.19/2003/22 Draft decision VII Proposal for a second international decade of the world’s indigenous peoples The Economic and Social Council recommends to the General Assembly that it declare a second international decade of the world’s indigenous peoples after the conclusion of the current International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 2004. B. Matters brought to the attention of the Council 2. The Forum has identified the proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible future action set out below and, through the Council, recommends that States, United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations, indigenous peoples, the private sector and non-governmental organizations assist in their realization. 3. It is the understanding of the Secretariat that the proposals, objectives, recommendations and areas of possible future action to be carried out by the United Nations as set out below will be implemented to the extent that resources from the regular budget and extrabudgetary resources are available. 1. Indigenous children and youth 4. As stated in its report on its first session,1 the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues decided to make indigenous children and youth a focal point of its work in the years to come. The Forum reconfirms its commitment to do so, and acknowledges the efforts made by organizations representing indigenous peoples, United Nations agencies and States in the past year to tackle the urgent needs of the young generation, including the decision of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to declare indigenous children as the subject for its theme day, to be held in September 2003. 5. Recognizing the progress made, and building on the recommendations made in its report on its first session, the Forum provides the following advice and recommendations: (a) Encourages United Nations bodies whose activities have an impact on indigenous children and youth, including, but not limited to, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the Department of Public Information
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